Crops & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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Food companies should reject anti-science claims and stand up for GMOs
Junk science is stalling important innovations in biotechnology, forcing companies to fold under intense pressure from anti-GMO activists ...
Nigerian Agriculture Minister urges faster acceptance of biotechnology in Africa
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for an accelerated pace in Africa's use of biotechnology, ...
Gates Foundation funds biotech banana research
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently committed $10 million to help produce vitamin A enriched bananas in sub-Saharan Africa ...
GMO labeling initiative ‘too close to call’ in Washington state
Initiative 522 opponents in Washington State have apparently shifted some voters against the ballot measure to require labeling of food ...
Left disappointed that Obama has kept low profile on GM foods
When then-Senator Obama showed his support for labeling foods in 2007, activists were confident about a future of labeled foods ...
Labeling campaigners distort facts on GMOs
"The debate over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is shrill and frequently lacking," writes Parke Wilde, a Professor at the Friedman ...
Catholic leaders: Transgenic plants must be used to feed poor
The Catholic Church supports GMOs, writes William Patenaude, an environmental regulator and author of the Catholic Ecology blog. Dr. Peter Raven, one ...
Key Chinese government officials back GMOs
The Chinese government has been rolling out statements and public events in support of GMOs, writes Wall Street Journal reporter ...
Washington Post editorial: Genetically modified crops should be part of Africa’s food future
(Summary) "Genetic engineering is not a magic bullet for Africa, but it can help battle pests and diseases, improve nutrition ...
Do GMOs promote soil conservation?
Due to the lack of conclusive data, no one can say for sure if herbicide-tolerant crops have really reduced the ...
Anti-GMO groups target food retailers in fight against GM salmon
Activists against GM salmon are hoping that if they advise enough of their fellow consumers against the product, national grocery ...
Why biotech developers don’t deserve the World Food Prize
Tom Laskawy, founder and executive director of the Food & Environment Reporting Network, wrote in Civil Eats why the winners of ...
Faux debate over mis-dubbed ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ aside, farmers need regulatory assurance
The Farmer Assurance Provision is formally Section 735 of the Continuing Resolution of 2013, passed in March to fund the ...
Plant disease research experts oppose GMO labels
The American Phytopathological Society, which represents 5,000 scientists who "investigate plant pathogens," came out with a statement paper opposing mandatory ...
Anti-GMO current spreads to China
In a new blog post by Kevin Folta, interim chairman the University of Florida’s horticulture program, he describes his experience ...
South Africa: Value of GM crops lost due to drop in pest resistance
South Africa’s government is increasingly opening the door to genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—along with the issues that arise as GMOs ...
New anti-GMO battleground: Genetically engineered yeast for medicines and fragrances
Andrew Pollack, who covers business and biotechnology at the New York Times, recently reported on the revolutionary new trend of ...
UK farmers say European Union’s GMO ban turns them into victims
UK farmer expresses worries over EU's ban on GM crops, stressing that politics is holding farmers back from the promise ...
New Washington Post food columnist addresses GMOs, challenges health fears
The debut article for the new Washington Post food column "Unearthed," this narrative begins a critical yet seemingly objective, fact-based ...
Farmers, not just scientists, support GMOs
Iowa farmers are speaking out in support of GMOs amid protests, writes Laurie Johnson, public relations manager for the Iowa ...
Uganda GMO maize trials shows promising results
Results from the ongoing confined trials in Uganda on genetically modified maize that is resistant to the stem-borer are having ...
Tanzania: Farmers eagerly await a change in law to start planting GM cotton
The [Tanzanian] government has been advised to allow cotton farmers in the country to use Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in ...
Grocery Mantufacturers Association faces lawsuit over illegal GMO labeling campaign donations
A lobbying group for major American food manufacturers has violated campaign finance laws in its attempt to block a measure ...
Logical fallacies lead liberals to believe misinformation about GMOs
Normally a crusader for science and reason, popular liberal talk show host Bill Maher falls short when it comes to ...
Creator of Golden Rice weighs in on the continuing debate
(Summary) Ingo Potrykus, chairman of the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board and former professor of plant sciences at the Swiss Federal ...
Borlaug: Biotech a necessary tool for increasing food security
Norman Borlaug's granddaughter explains why scientists must find better ways to make GMOs resonate with people in wake of negative ...
Does glyphosate used with herbicide resistant GM crops lead to chemical addiction?
To understand the environmental effects of GMOs, I started by looking at plants genetically modified to be insect-resistant — and concluded that ...
